Even attempting that would drive me nuts!  Best of luck to you.  Oh, and if you want a DVD that will cover many UK accents/dialects, try Charley Says.

While I love the use of different accents I couldn't tell which one is which, except maybe for a few (australian, scottish)

You might want to consider adding a couple of Canadian sub-dialects:

Newfoundlandish (if you're Canadian or know a Newfie, you know what I'm talking about)
French (from Quebec) (their speech pace and tempo and cultural words differ from traditional French spoken in Europe

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Even attempting that would drive me nuts!  Best of luck to you.  Oh, and if you want a DVD that will cover many UK accents/dialects, try Charley Says.

Thanks for the hint. 

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You might want to consider adding a couple of Canadian sub-dialects:

Newfoundlandish (if you're Canadian or know a Newfie, you know what I'm talking about)
French (from Quebec) (their speech pace and tempo and cultural words differ from traditional French spoken in Europe

Done! Thanks.

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Just to make trouble, what does a USA Black sound like?

Depends.

It seems to me that sometimes the accent is distinctive (especially in the past, I gather). Sometimes it isn't.

But think of The Jeffersons or Sanford & Son, for instance. How would you describe their accents?

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Perhaps there are other sub-definitions in that category

Yes, there are.

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but I think accents don't necessarily go with race.

Races don't even exist, strictly speaking. I mean, we are just one human race.
But African Americans as a group of people who share a common history and sometimes social background, especially in the past, do sometimes (not always) also share a distinctive accent.
At least that's what my ears hear, but I could be dead wrong. Like I said, criticism is welcome! 

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Except the Newfies.... and they like it that way!!!!
   

  You Canadians enjoy zinging each other, don't you? 

i admire ya attempt....   sooo many accents...   lol. am not gonna think about this for too long 'cos' i think my head might explode....     

Hmm, tracking accents ... the problem though would be what you think and what someone else believes would be completely different.

Especially when you are looking at other countries .. for instance I might be able to pick one or two different accents for the UK, but if you live there .. you'll be able to pick up each county, or even which side of the street they're from!

ps W0mbat: I'm also in Adelaide

Cheers